Maidu texts / by Roland B. Dixon.

  • Roland Burrage Dixon
Date:
1912
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Credit: Maidu texts / by Roland B. Dixon. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    what direction the world is, then to that distant land let us float!” said Earth-Maker. In this world they kept floating along, kept floating along, hungry, having nothing to eat. “You will die of hunger,” said Coyote. Then he thought. “No, 1 cannot think of anything,” he said. “Well,” said Earth-Maker, “the world is larg^e, a o^reat world. If somewhere I find a tiny world, I can fix it up.” Then he sang, “Where, little world, art thou.^” It is said he sang, kept singing, sang all the time. “Enough!” he said, and stopped singing. “Well! I don’t know many songs (?),” he said. Then Coyote sang again, kept singing. “HomoTanten kodokdi kYdom idyaken ama^ hi/pai, “Where from world in world exists that atsoi a he said. Oniii' This I think,” “AnimTni amaiY koMoidi hin^tatapo,” atsoi^am. That (far away) that world at let us drift to he said, then little by little,” koMoidi hindseto'yewebisim hin^tseto^yewebisim world in kept floating along kept floating along okMom hesimTiaat pemenMom. “OkoVonomakoahkano being hungry what indeed not eating. “You will die of hunger “ Wfyekasi” “I say no,” “Heu!” atsoi^a. “Well!” said he. “ Hesa^pediwet “What very place at hesfi,” atsoi^a. Amondkan huhe^yetsoia what,” he said. Then and he thought. atsoi^a. “Heskmaat hudamenkasi,” atsoi^a. he said. “What indeed I do not know,” he said. “Ko'doh kan tetem^ teteh^ koMom,” atsoka. “World is large large world,” said he. nukdimaat kaMo tsedom^ yahaTatse hasiV’ atsoi^a small indeed world seeing good I can make it,” he said. AwetenTan soktsoia. “HomoiTdi nukdih koMom uka^” Thereupon and he sang. “Where at small world are you?” TO atsoi a. he said. ebisim. singing. b^maat indeed (?) Sokdom, maidsoia. Sokebisim opek^anim sok- Singing, they say. Kept singing always kept “Su!” atsoi'a. Solhe'kitsoia. “Heu! hesan'duk- ‘Lnough!” he said. He ceased singing. “Well! how many soli' makit'menpem kokas,” atsoi'am we'pam. songs one who does not know 1 am,” he said. Coyote.
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